Franchon Crews-Dezurn, Citlalli Ortiz, Beatriz Ferreira and More News From Female Fight World By David A. Avila Franchon Crews-Dezurn leads the charge of those performing at the International Boxing Hall of Fame induction fight card this weekend. For several days the professional boxing community gathers to honor the new inductees and those of the past […]
Unforgettable Summer of Women’s Boxing Includes Franchon Crews-Dezurn, Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano and More By David A. Avila Summer vacation arrives with a wave of the best female boxing match ups seen in more than 20 years in places like New York City, Anaheim and Detroit. Fans of women’s prize fighting should buckle up. Beginning […]
Claressa Shields Is the Pound for Pound Best and More News By David A. Avila For the next three months most of the top female fighters in the world will be heading to the prize ring to demonstrate their prowess. Claressa Shields returns as a heavyweight and has a date with New Zealand’s Lani Daniels […]
Welterweight Changes With Price vs Jonas in England and More News and Notes By David A. Avila A cosmic shift took place for welterweights in London, England. Welsh fighter Lauren Price (9-0, 2 Kos) established dominance as a welterweight champion with a convincing win over Liverpool’s Natasha Jonas (16-3-1) to grasp most of the sanctioning […]
Women’s Boxing: Ranking the Top Countries and More News By David A. Avila Ranking the countries. When it comes to women’s boxing, American female prizefighters have always led the way for the rest of the world. For the past 100 years Americans tried forcing their way into the public eye in traveling circuses, boxing […]
Claressa Shields, Layla McCarter and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila If you win titles from middleweight to heavyweight like Claressa Shields, you definitely qualify as the baddest woman on the planet. Over the decades I’ve seen them all come and go. Legendary fighters like Laila Ali, Ann Wolfe, Christy Martin, Holly […]
Claressa Shields Powers Way to Undisputed Heavyweight Championship By David A. Avila Claressa Shields blasted her way to the undisputed heavyweight championship and nearly knocked out challenger Danielle Perkins in the final seconds, but settled for a win by unanimous decision on Sunday. Yes, Shields can punch. “I just feel overwhelmed and so happy.” […]
Claressa Shields at Risk as a Heavyweight and More News By David A. Avila Possessing two of the quickest hands Claressa Shields sits perched on top of this publication’s pound for pound list like a Kobe Bryant statue. It’s been so for the past eight years. She is also one of the most skilled […]
Best of the Best in Women’s Prizefighting and More Boxing News By David A. Avila It’s the end of the year. Here are our awards for the best in women’s boxing. But first, a rundown on the state of the sport. Maybe its my imagination but it seems that fewer female fights of magnitude took […]
Movie “The Fire Inside” Based on Claressa Shields and More Female Boxing News By David A. Avila Since the beginning of the motion picture industry the subject of prizefighting or professional boxing has been a popular topic. In a few weeks a movie titled “The Fire Inside” about actual female world champion Claressa Shields […]